Slim PS3 sales in Japan have spiked following the release of Konami’s PES 2010 footy sim, with the Sony comsole taking the top spot for the week ending 8 November with 48,925 units sold.

Meanwhile, PSP sold through 33,784 units during the same period, placing it above Nintendo Wii, although the DS still managed to nudge ahead of its main competitor with 37,421 units sold. As the PSP and PSPgo are listed separately, if you combine thier figures Sony’s handheld comes out on top.

The full sales figures courtesy of Media Create are as follows:

PS3 – 48,925
DSi – 37,421
PSP – 33,784
Wii – 31,810
PSP go – 13,992
DS Lite – 5,515
Xbox 360 – 4,679
PS2 – 2,066

PlayStation 3 sales figures in Japan have dropped from the huge 151,000 we saw in the first week the SLim PS3 was launched back down to a more regular 55,344 consoles. Despite the drop those figures still keep the PS3 ahead of its main rivals the Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii.

Here are the full figures courtesy of Media Create

• PlayStation 3 – 55,344
• Wii – 17,568
• Xbox 360 – 7,568
• PlayStation 2 – 2,612

Since the PS3 Slim started appearing in the retail chain around 25 August, sales of the revised console have rocketed by a huge 104% to 75,931 units sold that week, up from 37,167 consoles the week prior to the new model being released. This doesn’t tell the whole story however as the Slim PS3 wasn’t fully available until the week after these figures were collected meaning that the next set of figures will probably see an even larger jump in sales.

During the same period the Xbox 360 also saw a sales increase of 32% where it sold 74,689 units compared to 56,448 the previous week. An impressive total considering that it only had a price cut to boost sales rather than a new console.

Devoid of either a new console or a price cut Nintendo suffered a 4% drop in the same period, although it still shifted 74,245 units. Perhaps the most remarkable statistic from these figures for us is how close in sales all of the consoles are, with less than 2,000 units covering the best to worst performers.